Great Expectations (Illustrated)

"Great Expectations" is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens. It is a coming-of-age novel, and a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip.

It is set among the marshes of Kent and in London in the early to mid-1800s. The novel contains some of Dickens most memorable scenes, including its opening, in a graveyard, when the young orphan Pip is accosted by the escaped convict, Abel Magwitch. Great Expectations is a graphic book, full of extreme imagery, poverty, prison ships ("the hulks"), barriers and chains, and fights to the death.

Great Expectations has a colorful cast that has entered popular culture: the capricious Miss Havisham, the cold and beautiful Estella, Joe the kind and generous blacksmith, the dry and sycophantic Uncle Pumblechook, Mr. Jaggers, Wemmick with his dual personality, and the eloquent and wise friend, Herbert Pocket. Throughout the narrative, typical Dickensian themes emerge: wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. The book has become very popular and is now taught as a classic in many English classes. It has been translated into many languages and adapted many times in film and other media.

This Classics Collection edition contains 15 original illustrations.